Example sentences of "be what [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are what used to be called a White Russian . ’ |
| 2 | It 's what used to be called A Good Read . |
| 3 | He 's as well sit pushing papers around pretending to be busy but drawing the salary than being made redundant which is what ought to be happening . |
| 4 | Here by the Oberbaum bridge across the icy Spree is what used to be a quintessential Cold War Berlin scene . |
| 5 | Michael is what used to be known as a righteous dope fiend . |
| 6 | The second tendency is what used to be called Black nationalism but is now fragmented into multiple varieties , each with its own claim to ethnic particularity . |
| 7 | Democratic consumerism is what used to be called participation before the term consumerism became fashionable . |